Daddy Addiction!!!

My girls are addicted to their daddy. They are the happiest when their daddy is home. The second the door opens Bella bee lines for the door, and just wants Trev to hold her and walk around with her. They are so lucky to have the dad they have. Trev learned alot from his dad and I am so grateful for that. Also Jocey had "princess day" in dance class she wanted to be Snow White. She was in heaven!!! I had to work that day so my poor mom had to take Joce and Livi pyne to class, get them ready and watch bella. Needless to say she was a little tired by the end of the day. Thanks for being such an awesome grandma:) At the end of class Mrs. Lori asked Jocey "what would be your dream come true???" Joceys response was "for my prince charming to come and rescue me" Sorry Joce! Did not know your life was so rough:)

Happy St. Patricks Day!!!! We hope you all had a wonderful holiday. The leprechaun came to visit our house and brought the girls the movie "Pinocchio" a couple of new outfit, bubble gum and toy cell phones. A lot of people have told me I am crazy to have the leprechaun come visit that i am holding myself to a crazy standard, however, we had a blast it was fun to break up our normal daily routine with a few small gifts and fun Irish food. Trev's present was a large plate of slow cooked corned beef, coleslaw, and baked potato. We had a blast making cupcakes, watching our new movie and going on a way to long walk. Maybe I am a little crazy....

I have been Converted!!!!

So this "Coupon Class" has been all the rave, and i have been officially converted. So for the few of you that have no clue what I am talking about people are hosting these "coupon parties" all over town where they teach us all about this website that rates how good the weekly grocery ads are every week, in addition it links you to printable coupon sites and then the big trick is they tell you if there is a coupon in the paper for each item and what week the coupon was in the Sunday paper. To be really successful you have to get multiple papers with a maximum of 5 papers every Sunday. For my family I get 4. I probably could have been good with 3 but I really wanted to bulked up my food storage and it is going to help me big time. So for example last week albertsons had a huge sale. So it took me 1 hour to clip and prepare using the website and my coupons and then 1 hour and 20 min to shop, and I got 320 dollars of groceries for a whopping 65 dollars. So when I averaged it out I got 86 items so it would end up being .75 cents for each item. You can barely buy gum for .75 cents anymore, and as you can see I got 6 top sirloin lean cuts of good meat. Normally that alone would have cost me 65 bucks. So big shout out to Jen Morris my dear friend who brought this to my attention. I love it, and am so excited to be saving my family so much during these rough economic times. For those of you who hate coupons and the clipping and time it takes, I use to feel your pain, but this makes it so easy and time efficient especially for the amount I saved. The next night after grocery shopping I had Eliza and Oliva pyne over for a "Dinner Party" for Jocey, they had a picnic on the floor and watched Willy Wonka and I made a very yummy dinner with all our cheap food. I don't think Trev was ever more excited for me to go grocery shopping. This Rocks!

Trying not to take things for granted!

So the last few weeks have been hard for me. We have been having to deal with alot of tragic losses at work lately and also having alot of close friends having alot of family drama. As I have had the distinct honor of trying to help my patients deal with the grieving process and loss of their baby that has made me realize how much I take my girls for granted. I think day after day life seems tough and busy and often I forget how truly blessed I have been. My girls are hysterical. They are not perfect by no means, they are as sassy as they come, but they make me laugh and they bring so much meaning to my life. They have taught me so much already. I am especially grateful for my sweet and extremely sexy husband. He often goes unrecognized for all of the amazing things he does. He seriously works 15-17 hours work days and yet as soon as he gets off he just wants to be with his girls. I have never met a man who is more in love with his daughters. For that I am so grateful, because sadly I am learning that men like him are hard to come by. He has the strongest testimony of anyone I know and I rely on him in ways he will never even know. I am so lucky he is mine:) Times are so crappy right now, but thankfully it has forced not only myself but I am sure many of you to be grateful for the small things, and realize that family is the most precious thing we will ever have. I hope I never take that for granted again.

Bella Reese FIRST Birthday!!

 

Bella is already One and I am so sad!!! We had a fun little "butterfly" birthday party for her. Unfortunately, my little butterfly was not feeling so well and she would go from one aunt to the next and just lay on them. It was pretty sad. Thanks to all the family and friends who came. Big thank you to the best friend in the world Brynnely Pyne. You were totally my right hand at the party and I really appreciated it. I love you tons. She had a blast playing with all her new toys this morning. We missed grandma and grandpa Sorensen though and all the Sorensen family. I attempted to make her a butterfly cake but it was not the cutest in the world, she did love eating the icing. Bella has the funniest little personality. She can be the sweetest baby, but she is also extremely sassy and sometimes even a little mean. ha ha!!! We feel so lucky to have her in our family. We never forget how blessed we are. Happpy Birthday my sweet baby:)

7 Years Gone By.....

Happy anniversay to us!!! So Trev and I have a deal that we take turns planning our anniversay day. I strategically made sure that he is on the major years 10, 15, 20 etc. Anyways it was my turn this year. So the plan was my mom and sister agreed to watch the girls all day and have them spend the night. So we were going to sleep in go get a 10am couples massage and then go to our favorite breakfast spot Original Pancake house for brunch, then home for some fun and a good nap, then to dinner at the fabulous Texas De Brazil then off to the strip to see Blue Man Group. Well everything got shot down when I got a fabulous flat tire so instead I spent the day at the very busy tire shop and so I finally dropped the girls off at 3:30pm then raced home to get changed and go to dinner. Trev loves taking pictures so we took some goofy ones for fun. He gave me a bouquet of beautiful flowers and off to dinner we went, it was amazing it was entertaining watching Trevan sort through 15 different fine meats. Then after much debate we decided to forget the show and go home and enjoy the peace and quiet of being alone with no kids. It was fabulous needless to say. We have not been through much the last 7 years just.... breaking our neck, graduating collage, completing a intership, starting a company, working 12-15 hour days at the hospital, enjoyed some vacations(but definately not enough), had 2 beautiful, sassy, crazy girls, moved 4 times, having young women and cub scouts living at our house, the list goes on and on and we have not killed each other yet. We actually still like each other. Needless to say we have lived a stress-free life the last 7 (ha! ha!) but I am so grateful for each and every one of our experiences. The trials and the blessings have strenghened us individually and as a couple. Trevan has really had a rough road with his neck injury and yet he never lets it get in the way of his goals. He does such an amazing job as a provider, patriacrh, father, husband, and best friend. I am one lucky girl to have my best friend for my husband.